Beet Leafhopper

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Beet Leafhopper
Silvia I. Rondon Extension-Entomologist
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension
Center Crop Soil Science
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Beet Leafhopper (BLH) Circulifer tenellus

• A wide variety of leafhoppers can be found in
  potato fields
• BLH has the ability to transmit a virescence
  agent (BLTVA) phytoplasma

Pictures, WSPC, A. Jensen
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BLH
Head rounded in front
No dark form of BLH
Darker form of BLH
BLH comes in two color forms
Pictures, WSPC, A. Jensen
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Dikraneura
Empoasca
Other NON-BHL
Exitianus
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BHL Traps
Potato tuberworm Trap